S2 E2: Māori: The First 500 Years | RNZ

When the Tahitian Navigator Tupaia arrived in Aotearoa with James Cook in 1769, Māori and Tahitians had been separated for at least 500 years, and in that time a lot had changed!

In this episode we look at:

How Māori arrived in Aotearoa.
How the first few generations seem to have lived.
Evidence of Aotearoa’s “first capital city” at Wairau Bar and the role it may have played in early Māori society.
How the extinction of megafauna and a cooling climate seem to have triggered major changes in Māori ways of life.
Why Māori had different lifestyles in different parts of Aotearoa.
How Māori traded re For more on this subject and settled disputes.
How the end of the “little ice age” seemed to trigger more changes in Māori ways of life.

For more on this subject:

Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History by Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney and Aroha Harris

The Making of the Māori Middle Ages by Atholl Anderson, Journal of New Zealand Studies https://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/jnzs/artic...

Māori - Te Ara https://teara.govt.nz/en/maori/page-2